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Boston redevelopment agency OKs seven projects bringing 7,000 jobs, 223 residential units

Boston Herald (Business) 8/17 7:00P By Marie Szaniszlo

Seven new development projects, which will include 223 residential units — 42 of them affordable — and create more than 4,000 permanent jobs have been given the green light by...

John Williams composition about ghost making world premiere

Boston Herald (News) 8/17 7:00P By Associated Press

LENOX, Mass. — A new John Williams composition about a ghost said to have scared Leonard Bernstein is making its world premiere. "Highwood's Ghost, an Encounter for Harp,...

Rally against "far-left violence" draws counterprotest

Boston Herald (News) 8/17 7:00P By Associated Press

BOSTON — A conservative rally against "far-left violence" is being organized in downtown Boston a year after a similar demonstration drew tens of thousands of...

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Massachusetts politicians look ahead to primary contests

Boston Herald (News) 8/17 7:00P By Associated Press

BOSTON — With their formal session wrapped up for the year, Beacon Hill lawmakers can spend more time in their districts talking to constituents and preparing for the fall...

Beach where man bit by shark closed to swimming indefinitely

Boston Herald (News) 8/17 7:00P By Associated Press

TRURO, Mass. — The Cape Cod beach where a New York man was bitten by a shark has been indefinitely closed to swimming after more sharks were spotted in its waters. The town of...

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Party Bois, Strangeways, Tigerman Woah drop sensational discs

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 8/17 7:00P By Jed Gottlieb

Have you been waiting for an album with Human League harmonies, Daft Punk hooks, the juvenile fury of the Ramones, the cheek of mid-’80s David Lee Roth and the freak...

John Williams composition about ghost making world premiere

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 8/17 7:00P By Associated Press

LENOX, Mass. — A new John Williams composition about a ghost said to have scared Leonard Bernstein is making its world premiere. "Highwood's Ghost, an Encounter for Harp,...

Dark Matter drops some heavy beats

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 8/16 7:00P By Jed Gottlieb

Destiny Claymore and Mad S. of the Boston hip-hop duo Dark Matter first bonded over dance. In 2013, the two met while honing their breakdancing skills at a teen center in...

Aretha Franklin was civil rights icon

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 8/16 7:00P By Sean Philip Cotter

Boston’s black community remembered Aretha Franklin yesterday as a big voice who became a big presence far beyond the stages and recording studios where she performed. “She...

'Bachlorette’ duo in love in Boston

Boston Herald (Entertainment) 8/16 7:00P By Olivia Vanni / Inside Track

It hasn’t taken long for the latest “Bachelorette” couple to begin appearing out in the open — and that includes a recent rendezvous in Boston. Becca Kufrin and her fiance,...

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Oklahoma brings its gymnastics dynasty to Boston for national championships

Boston Herald (Sports) 8/17 7:00P By Kat Hasenauer Cornetta

Sports pundits here love to talk about dynasties. The Patriots are a dynasty. The UConn women’s basketball team is a dynasty. And there is another dynasty on display at the...

Celtics' Kyrie Irving to visit reservation in North Dakota

Boston Herald (Sports) 8/17 7:00P By Associated Press

BISMARCK, N.D. — Boston Celtics star Kyrie Irving is set to visit the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where his late mother was once part of the tribe. The Rapid City...

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: 13nd annual preseason Boston Herald All-Star team

Boston Herald (Sports) 8/16 7:00P By Dan Ventura

As we've done for the past 13 seasons, we'll unveil our Boston Herald preseason Eastern Mass. football all-stars. Thanks to all the coaches and athletic directors for their...

Reigning world champion Morgan Hurd goes after 1st U.S. gymnastics title

Boston Herald (Sports) 8/16 7:00P By Kat Hasenauer Cornetta

If any of the world-renowned universities in Boston had a Division 1 women’s gymnastics team, Morgan Hurd would be their ideal recruit — intelligent, book-loving, well-spoken...

Chances of celebrity golf tourney in Boston appear below par

Boston Herald (Sports) 8/16 7:00P By Brooks Sutherland

A proposal from PGA golfer Tom Pernice Jr. to bring a celebrity tournament to George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park appears doomed. City officials said they are “doubtful...

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